A light-year is the distance that light travels through a vacuum in one year.
Light year(s) and lightyear(s) may also refer to:
Film and television
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Buzz Lightyear, a main character in the animated film series Toy Story
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Lightyear (film), a 2022 spin-off animated film featuring the character
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Gandahar (film), a 1988 animated science fiction film known as Light Years in English
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Light Years (2015 film), a British drama film
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Light Years, an American TV series that has been renamed Life Unexpected
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Light Years, a Singaporean drama produced by Mediacorp Channel 5
Music
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Lightyear (band), ska-punk band from the United Kingdom
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Light Years (band), pop-punk band from Cleveland, Ohio
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The Lightyears, pop-rock band based in London, England
Albums
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Light Years (Chick Corea album), 1987
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Light Years, The Very Best of Electric Light Orchestra, 1997 compilation album by Electric Light Orchestra
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Light Years (Glen Campbell album), 1988
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Light Years (Kylie Minogue album), 2000
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Light Year, a 2021 album by Emma Stevens
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Light Years, a 2005 album by Kathy Valentine
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Light Years, a 2012 album by Kora
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Light Years, a 2014 album by Noah23 and David Klopek
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Light Years, a 2008 album by The Shore
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Lightyears, a 2014 album by David Ryan Harris
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Lightyears, a 2012 EP by Mansions on the Moon
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Lightyears, a 2007 album by Shin Terai, Bill Laswell and Buckethead
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Lightyears, a 2001 album by Sunbeam
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A series of 1995 compilation albums by Christian artists, including:
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The Light Years by Allies
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The Light Years by AndraƩ Crouch
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The Light Years by Bryan Duncan
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The Light Years by Resurrection Band
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The Light Years by Sweet Comfort Band
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The Light Years by Walter Hawkins
Songs
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"Light Years" (Jamiroquai song), 1994
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"Light Years" (Pearl Jam song), 2000
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"Light Years", 1994 song by Heather Nova from Oyster
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"Lightyears", 1996 song by Eraserheads from Fruitcake (album)
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"Lightyear", 1997 song by Mentallo & The Fixer from Burnt Beyond Recognition
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"Light Years", 2019 song by The National from I Am Easy to Find
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"Light Year", 2018 song by The Story So Far from Proper Dose
Other uses
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Lightyear (investment platform), a British fintech company
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Lightyear Entertainment, a movie and music distributor
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Light Years (book), a 1975 novel by James Salter
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Light Years: An Investigation into the Extraterrestrial Experiences of Eduard Meier (1987), a non-fiction book by Gary Kinder
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Lightyear 0, a Dutch electric car
See also
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Parsec (disambiguation)
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Light (disambiguation)
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LY (disambiguation)
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Year